INFECTIONS OF THE NEWBORN (TORCH) [DD] | |
P35.* - P39.* | |
Incidence of fetal infections due to selected organisms (1 per 100 live births) : Cytomegalovirus: 5-25 Rubella: 4-30 Toxoplasma gondii: 0.5-1 Herpes simplex: rare Treponema pallidum: 0.1 | |
Laboratory findings | CRP inc (urine) |
Symptoms | anemia blindness, visual loss, visual impairment cataract chorioretinitis corneal clouding CT, brain, abnormalities [-] failure to thrive fever glaucoma growth retardation, poor growth heart involvement hepatomegaly (large liver) hernia hydrocephalus hydrops fetalis hypothermia jaundice mental retardation microcephaly (<2 SD for age) motor retardation myocarditis onset, neonatal petechiae pneumonia prematurity, premature delivery retinitis pigmentosa seizures skeletal changes, skeletal abnormalities skin rash, eczematous or seborrhoic splenomegaly (large spleen) thrombopenia, thrombocytopenia |